Luigi Squarzina

Biography

Luigi Squarzina was an Italian theatre dramatist and director born in Livorno on February 18, 1922. He studied Law at the Liceo Classico Tasso in Rome, where he befriended Vittorio Gassman, before graduating as a director from the Silvio d'Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts. Squarzina debuted as a stage director in 1944 and went on to co-found the Teatro d'arte italiano with Gassman in 1952.